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From the climate pact saying the agreement
would have cost American trillions of
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dollars killed jobs and hindered the oil
gas coal and manufacturing industries 27
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year old Bangladeshi immigrant
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a coyote Allah has been charged in the
Monday attack at the. Port Authority bus
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terminal in Manhattan the New York Police
Department tweeted although was charged
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with criminal possession of
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a weapon Support Act supporting
an act of terrorism and making
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a terroristic threat this is v.o.a.
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News. Many Rowenta
families who have fled to
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Bangladesh from Myanmar are marrying
off their daughters early to ease the
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financial burden of looking after them.
Has that story and girls as young as 12
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years old from the refugee families are
being married off so that their parents
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have fewer children to feed at home since
the military launched the 1st round of
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clearance operations in Rakhine last year
over $700000.00 Rohingya have fled Mayan
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Maher more than $625000.00 of them fled to
Bangladesh after the latest outbreak of
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violence in Rakhine in August which according
to United Nations Human Rights could
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contain elements of genocide against the
regime good Muslims Rohingya refugees who
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have fled Mayan Mar since last year are now
living in makeshift bamboo and plastic
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shacks in the refugee camps spread across
southeastern Bangladesh many of these
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families with
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a large number of children complain that
the ration they get from the United
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Nations World Food Program is not
enough and that they are going through
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a food shortage Philip alexy you
know v.o.a. News Andrew about s.k.
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Reports 2 Palestinian Islamic
Jihad militants riding on
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a motorcycle in Gaza were killed in the
explosion on Tuesday Israel's military
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denied accounts by local residents that
they were killed in an airstrike violence
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along the Israel Gaza border
has flared since u.s.
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President Donald Trump's recognition last
week of Jerusalem is Israel's capital and
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the Israeli military is
demolition on Sunday of
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a cross border tunnel it said was dug by
Hamas the Islamist group that controls the
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small coastal enclave on Monday Israel's
Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted
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a rocket fired by militants in Gaza shortly
afterwards Israel responded with tank
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fire and air strikes targeting positions
of Hamas after the explosion on Tuesday
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that killed the 2 militants and Israeli
military statement said contrary to
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Palestinian reports. The Israel Defense
Forces did not attack in the northern Gaza
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Strip and repel cesky v.o.a.
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News
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a news survey in the us shows that nearly
6 in 10 Americans believe that the level
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of government corruption has risen in the
years since President Donald Trump was
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elected Transparency
International said its poll of
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a 1000 people in October in November
showed that while Trump was elected on
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a valid to make government work better for
those who feel their interests had been
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neglected the opposite has happened the
European Union is withdrawing financial
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help to Cambodia's electoral
commission in response to
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a recent dissolution of the country's
main opposition party the e.u.
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Said
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a process in which the opposition party has
been arbitrarily excluded from next July's
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parliamentary elections cannot be seen as
legitimate in Washington I'm Steve Miller
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. That's the latest world news from b o
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a. This
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is Africa news tonight the Voice
of America. Good evening and
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welcome to Africa news tonight from the
English to Africa Service of the Voice of
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America your source for Pan African news
and world developments I'm Jim Lewis in
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Washington and coming up on Africa
news tonight live to take us some
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a cold one planet summit is really
to give if you like a bit of
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a push because the Paris climate change
agreement where we dined here in Paris
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treat you to go That's reporter Catherine
field in Parish We'll have full details
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coming up also on the Gambia school authorities
and students recently took part in
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a forum to address the issue of lack
of discipline in countries schools and
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organizations working with Zimbabwe and
migrants in South Africa say the main
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reason most are choosing to remain in
their more of fluent neighbor is job
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opportunities have these stories and
lots more ahead on African news tonight.
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The top story French president Emmanuel
McCrone gathered business leaders and 50
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world leaders in Paris for
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a summit today the focus of the meeting
was on boosting funding to fight climate
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change the summit comes to years after
nearly $200.00 nations agreed to the Paris
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climate accord it calls for nations to limit
greenhouse gas emissions and for rich
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countries to help developing countries deal
with the impacts of climate change u.s.
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President Donald Trump was not among those
invited to take part in the conference
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last year Trump announced the u.s.
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Was pulling out of the accord saying it
disadvantages the United States to the
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exclusive benefit of other countries reporter
Catherine field is in Paris covering
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the summit she spoke with me about the
important while developing countries play in
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medical. Gating climate issues this
particular summit has called the one planet
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summit is really to give
if you like a bit of
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a push to the Paris climate change agreement
we dined here in Paris 2 years ago the
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French president
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a man you might call has if you like he's
trying to establish himself as the man
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who can push the rest of the world into
agreeing to really get on top of climate
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change just within the last 24 hours the
French president said that the real
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impetus for this was when the American
president decided to walk away from that
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Paris agreement and then you might
consider this really created if you like
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a huge momentum to create
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a counter momentum to really get on top of
everything that needs to be done to get
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climate change under control and then
that respects he wants to get all these
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leaders together but typically also low
coom as have also come here your local
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businesses to get them to come together
and particularly to talk about the
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financial issues that means raising money
to give to developing countries to help
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them when they clean energy to if you
like also keep an eye on some of the
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development banks to make sure that they're
not lending money to countries so they
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can open new coal plants and it's messes
like that particularly the financing that
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menu
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a man called his is so important because as
he put it through he doesn't want people
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to come to him in 20 or 30 years time and
to say you did nothing he feels that now
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is the time to do something well one big
example is the protein of fact so example
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can you tell us about this and what is going
on there regarding climate change the
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one that particular results that speaking
of fast like most of the region is
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sunshine and just in late November when
your mike home was in the queue faster and
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he was. There for this particular solar
power plant on the outskirts of the capital
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good to go when it came on stream this is
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a huge solar power plant $55.00 hectors and
what it will do and particularly is it
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will cut energy dependence and it will
boost renewables so one of the things that
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the French development agency did was it
funded All this particular project funded
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$25000000.00 u.s.
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Dollars all this the remainder of it this
financing came from the European Union so
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what Emanuel might call is going to say to
the delegates to those who say look you
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know this is something concrete when this
is really at maximum capacity it will
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mean that big Keno fast so hence
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a lot of its energy needs coming from
solar The whole object of this is that by
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2030 the king of fast so will have to send
over his energy needs coming from solar
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It will also mean that this particular
country it doesn't have the energy
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dependence at the moment
the king of fast so gets
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a lot of its energy from Ghana and
could. This big project which fronts
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helped finance that was really that is what
he's going to hold up and say you can't
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just tell these countries to do more you
have to help them with the new technology
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and in that way France and of course
also China is absolutely there at the
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forefront helping not just handing over the
money but say Ok here's how we can work
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together and I think that is really the
next move that Emanuel might call could be
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holding out to say Ok let's look at these
countries of the developing let's look at
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the results as they have their work with
them to use those resources that was
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important Catherine see all this
she spoke with me from Paris.
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In the gun Bia school authorities and
students who recently took part in
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a forum to address the lack of discipline
in the country's schools the national
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state broadcaster the Gambia radio
and television services organized
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a meeting which it called Face the Nation
English to Africa reporter printed on by
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reports differed from followed the x.
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Parson of
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a high school for male student following
what school art or it is call in appropriate
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dancing with
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a male student 10 or less from better schools
we are also suspended for misbehavior
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Carol more and more young is the principal
of no surprise school town of wonder.
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This being
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a school. A new school and
ability. To respect teach us
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to be able to cut in the us who walk
according to. The law in any school and
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who violates that because in
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a school and as an indiscreet. The Forum
brought to get our schools we can agree to
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bind your area is Gore was to investigate
demand causation of misbehavior and of
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course solutions for the problem
rhetoric tried Gambian education is
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a modern rule not the issue of indigent
played in scores should be upright
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critically Yes Discipline is
doing down and we must find
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a solution to this is the society's get
involved in I think the answer would be
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from the schools because these are the
scenes of the gun bill and we need to bring
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down the good not to say any belongs to
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a group of the ship of teachers of English
I think we need to bring back because I
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think counseling need to be sent to some
of these children somewhere they are
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coming from the need to become. Honestly
the group played in supporting distil to
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become very responsible Some
say the problem relation
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a lot of appropriate entering this dance
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a lot of decorum among some spouses that
influence their children or less like this
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2 men blames the ex poor socialist of
prodding college us and lives including the
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West our neighboring countries like Nigeria
my blame goes to our feelings under
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school administration in this case like
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a stew and spends most of his time at home
so if. A student has been free to build
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a tool modest on The View there
is no way that I can see if
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a student go to school he or she will be
influenced misbehaviors and no less than
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against say this another
problem Greg Garcia
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a male teacher saucer lies in or dating
with female students most schools have
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rules against this door some students are
not comfortable or complaining against
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ridiculous How can students the discipline
Well teachers themselves I do things to
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dance in the school teachers that students
in the school and also students visit
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teachers at their houses at the end of
the meeting but Hispanics are paid and
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attend school paid and mittimus undercharged
their childrens performance and
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behavior they also ought parish to instill
in young people are good values and
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mannish in the early seventy's lived in
pretty eighties corporal punishment was
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enforced in Gambia schools it was late to
abolish by the former administration of
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president shouted out
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a creator by our 2 big teachers and parents
are honest that depended on how strong
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from street course of behavior to what
freedom bordered on lack of respect and
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indiscipline for v.o.a.
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Africa this is planted in by
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a reporting. The human rights
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organization Amnesty International
accuses European governments of the n.
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Complicit in the torture and abuse of tens
of thousands of refugees and migrants
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detained in Libya and appalling
conditions the group published
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a report today on the issue and titled
Libya's dark web of collusion it details and
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says how European governments are actively
supporting the Libyan coast guard
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detention authorities and smugglers an
order to prevent people from crossing the
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Mediterranean I spoke with
reporter Josie McCann
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a in Rome about this report is this is
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a damning report from Amnesty International
released today accusing European
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government of complicity in the detention
and torture of migrants in Libya
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particularly by assisting the Libyan coast
which has been implicated in people
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trafficking and sending migrants back
to Libya the Raj group said that the
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government knowingly complicit in the torture
and the abuse of tens of thousands of
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refugees and migrants that have been
detained by the Libyan authorities in what
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they call were appalling conditions in Libya
also accused the European governments
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of actively supporting
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a sophisticated system of abuse and
exploitation by the Libyan coast God and
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smugglers to prevent these people from
across King the Mediterranean so there's
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a very strong words from Amnesty and as
does Europe director John Doe has been said
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that these refugees and migrants as we know
are trapped in Libya and they're at the
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mercy of the Libyan authorities and the
militias that are really just using and
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abusing them for financial gain and what
has been the response to this accusation
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so far the response has been quite unusual
but this year the Italian government has
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been very defensive and very proud of its
decision to change its policy to stop the
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modern. Parts from crossing the Mediterranean
to work with the Libyan government to
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work with the Libyan coast and push the
migrants back mostly sub-Saharan migrants
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back to Libya the attending government has
its on on national elections which are
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due should be held in usually
early next year and this is
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a very clear attempt by politicians
initially to show the voices
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that more is being done to control the
migrant process and try and attract that
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solution Szekely from Italian to unemployed
or struggling to make ends meet this
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government and these politicians
initially want to send
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a message that handling this crisis and
that's one Fortunately the migrants I think
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have been at the receiving end of what is
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a very harsh policy I understand also
some new numbers have come out today
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regarding the Margaret can you shed some
light on this information yes the Italian
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government has released fresh figures
showing that 117500 migrants of
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so if I arrived in Italy this year that's
compared to $175000.00 for the same
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period in 2016 that's
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a drop of 33 percent the full that we have
seen has been even more dramatic in July
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August this year when the attendant government
started clamping down on the arrival
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that was reported as of the McCann
as she spoke with me from Rome.
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You're listening to Africa news tonight
live on the phone frequencies 155806080
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kilohertz on The Voice of America
I'm Jim Lewis in Washington.
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I mean he's who he is a
keen past the hour here's
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a recap of our top stories
today French president
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a man when McCrone gathered business
leaders and 50 world leaders in Paris for
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a summit to boost funding to fight climate
change and the Gumby school authorities
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and students recently took part in
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a forum to address the lack of discipline
in the country schools and the human
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rights organization Amnesty International
accuses European governments of being
00:17:52
complicit in the torture and abuse of tens
of thousands of refugees and migrants
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detained in Libya and for more news and
information visit our website at v.o.a.
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Africa darker. More news around the
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continent organizations working with Zimbabwe
and migrants in South Africa say the
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main reason most are choosing to remain
with their more fluent neighbor is job
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opportunities the African center for
migration and society in Johannesburg for
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example says Zimbabweans will only begin
returning to the country of their birth in
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big numbers once the economy there
improves dramatically an estimated 2000000
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Zimbabweans now live in South Africa
there until reports from Johannesburg.
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Cross flies as
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a really bad in the blue overall
soaked with sweat most good morning
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a small house in
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a Johannesburg suburb Mark do arrived in
the city for. Blue while with his family
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for 15 years ago groups protecting the
rights of Zimbabweans in South Africa say
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most of the migrants are employed informally
for example as farm laborers in the
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cities many Zimbabwean men like to work
as gardeners he says he likes working
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outdoors even though it's tough physical
labor cleaning digging taking the weeds
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out to. Leave this room food group says
he's heard stories about South Africans
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paying Zimbabweans so-called slave wages
but he says South Africa and its people
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have been good to him since he started
work in Johannesburg 15 years ago and get
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lunch. Money and that it
feels good to wife did
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he she didn't hear the call to school is
finished school the sort I had no problem
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. He says his family had no choice but
to leave while it is very bad to be was
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the sometimes destroyed for food no
money to pay everything school if you.
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Didn't go by demit said other
people are staying in if.
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In South Africa his family's doing well
to bear these 2 sons of God knows His
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wife's a domestic helper
and his daughter's
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a trainee chef he says these jobs as menial
as they all or hard to come by Zimbabwe
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do bear insists he still loves them Bob
where returns regularly every year Julie
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nimble and his bubbly
in December the c.e.o.
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Elect fairly. Big. Packing
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leaves in the plastic bag he says it's
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a bob boy's poor economy and lucky. Of
development that always disappoint him noice
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wastes the Swiss with sweets but it is
fed up with the good evil of being it
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and then you get money to
send to Zimbabwe to place
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a $1000000.00 me every man's sin money to
bare says most Some Bob Wills he speaks
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with about the recent political changes in
their homeland have the same opinion as
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he does if you can God was. He
didn't care but it did look there
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is
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a change to get beat. As he trims another
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patch of grass to bear loft and says he
won't return to Zimbabwe because he doesn't
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trust crocodiles the jokes aimed at the
country's new leader ever since none cargo
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are whose nicknamed the crocodile for his
political ruthlessness due west says if
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none were proved to be as dedicated to
improving all the populace lives as he is to
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his political career then maybe a move
back to bully while will be more than just
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a dream on Taylor for viewing
news in Johannesburg.
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New York is a magnet for immigrants looking
for freedom and opportunity in the u.s.
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At the same time American Life Is It
enriched by the diverse cultures and fresh
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perspectives that immigrants
bring Adam Phillips reports.
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The that's a video recording
of South African children in
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a township participating in
one of dramatic the workshops
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a world away in New York's Carnegie Hall
Amber sees Bree dramatic needs founder
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takes
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a break from her sing the children's
monologue. To explain that it's not only food
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clothing medicine traumatized and impoverished
children but we're not suggesting
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for
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a minute that we air drop out materials
into war zones but once they have the basic
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necessities of life but life is still
incredibly hard and trauma continues to occur
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we believe that there's a merit
to using the arts which are
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a very gentle way for children to learn
and to express themselves and to thereby
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cope with what they're going through seize
greases children often find it difficult
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to put the trauma they've suffered into
words but they can if given enough freedom
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and space make a mark on a piece of
paper or or sing a song or present
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a character that has
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a thorough fair between what they've
gone through and what their audience is
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receiving and there's something inherently
therapeutic about that in the 2050
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London performance of the children's
monologues the British rapper Lil Sam's
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reprise one child's thoughts
this way. The sound of.
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The many famous actors have performed
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a dramatic the fundraisers the clue Daniel
Kalua Trevor Noah Susan Sarandon and
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Nicole Kidman hear Benedict Cumberbatch
dramatizes one South African trials memory
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of slaughter in his township I don't like
to think what my life from what happened
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to the other people that disappeared from
my village I don't have that thought in
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my brain the bodies at the farm every
week rotting in the fields in one story
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a girl recounts repeated sexual abuse
by her uncle she was afraid to tell her
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grandmother about it because her rapist
was supposed to be the family's protector
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male actor Kit Harington dramatizes the
story when I was 13 years old I was raped.
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It was my uncle my grandmother's. RINGBACK
Climbed in my window in the middle of
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the night it is. To say what you see
as this girl's odyssey from trauma to
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healing has been
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a deeply moving personal story for her as
well we have worked with her now for over
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5 years and I have seen an extraordinary
recovery of self and spirit from her she
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is coping incredibly well we were out
there in January and saw her and she did
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a beat poetry performance and it was one
of the most moving things I've ever seen
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and I'm so proud of her and she is an
extraordinary example of courageousness and
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resilience some use dance
to move toward become.
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The Via badass pantsula dance crew who are
demonstrating their moves off stage in
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Carnegie Hall expresses
the emotional there are.
00:25:57
Deaths involved in South
Africa's black townships as
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a form of exuberant high energy protest
during the apartheid era Sindelar no longer
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leads the troupe like the way we dance
is that we show how we leave you see so
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whatever we see in the
neighborhood whenever we see
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a local We do one speech just to show
people like how we live all the pain and
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feeling I'm going to do dance all the
happiness I'm feeling and I'm going to show
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you to dance through my dance to my body
is there to your eyes and your mind.
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For most of its 10 year history dramatically
has worked in South Africa and Rwanda
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but it's now opening
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a branch office in the Bronx in New York
one of the poorest districts in America
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according to Amber's Sainsbury bravery
is a human quality and freedom is
00:26:47
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00:29:10
Sporty greetings to all our Voice of America
listeners this is Vo way Sonny Young
00:29:16
in Washington thanks for tuning in this
evening and welcome to the sunny side of
00:29:23
sports the Confederation of African
Football will hold its Samuel awards
00:29:29
ceremony on January 4th
in a crock Gonna and
00:29:34
a Gyptian player though already has
Want to big prize Liverpool striker
00:29:40
Mohammad Sala won the baby. See African
Footballer of the Year award for
00:29:46
2017 the 25 year old Sala was
presented with the trophy at
00:29:52
Liverpool's training ground by the English
Premier League clubs German manager
00:29:58
Juergen Klump Sala is leading the premier
league in scoring this season with 13
00:30:05
goals he also helped the Pharaohs of Egypt
qualify for the World Cup for the 1st
00:30:11
time since 1990. Current and
past members of the Pharaohs
00:30:18
praise Salo for winning the award Arsenal
midfielder Mohamed El nany wrote
00:30:25
on Twitter best African player
proud of you bro Omar gob or
00:30:32
a defender who plays for Major
League Soccer's Los Angeles f.c.
00:30:37
Also wrote on Twitter congratulations
well deserved Picasso and
00:30:44
former Egyptian star Mohammed aboud trico
who is now an assistant coach with the
00:30:51
Pharaohs wrote this tweet
Congratulations you made us proud the
00:30:57
best is yet to come and who knows
the best for Mohamed Salah could
00:31:04
come with Liverpool in the u.a.e.
00:31:06
For
00:31:06
a Champions League tournament or perhaps
with Egypt at the 2018 World Cup in Russia
00:31:14
as I mentioned during Monday's Sunnyside
00:31:16
a sports Liverpool has been drawn against
Porto of Portugal in the round of
00:31:23
16 in the u.a.e.
00:31:24
For Champions League and
in what shaping up as
00:31:28
a very exciting round of 16 match up
defending champion Ryall Madrid of
00:31:35
Spain will play Perrine Sasheer man which
is currently leading the French league
00:31:42
p.s.
00:31:43
Jesus assistance sporting director and
former player the Brazilian Maxwell sizes
00:31:50
up Ryall Madrid and I think they
have many many. Many Well it is
00:31:57
they have
00:31:57
a lot of strength but it typically is the
most so you know that defending the home
00:32:03
they have a lot of the face
of it all and. We have
00:32:06
a ball that is we have over. The years so
be sure to continue in these competitions
00:32:13
so we're going to do it. With the new heavy
stuff that knows them very well from
00:32:17
Spain so we have
00:32:19
a more difficult it is also true for
the next one meanwhile Ryall Madrid
00:32:25
director of institutional relations
Emillio Bhooter again no says p.s.g.
00:32:32
Most definitely will be
00:32:34
a challenging opponent with quality
players at every position I think they're
00:32:40
everybody's on every time and feel the way
some of you. And the fans but it kind of
00:32:47
being the midfield. Offensively they have
will play as they're able to limits on
00:32:54
their own so we have to be on that
we're best we want to qualify but.
00:33:00
Santana have to rely on the land of the we
have the feeling there's an hour for you
00:33:04
this is the day you always rise to the
station I'm sitting there as I don't play
00:33:10
very well and if I will
find suspect there's
00:33:13
a reason that's Emillio Bhooter again oh
the director of institutional relations
00:33:19
for 12 time European football
champion Rio Madrid and Emilio was
00:33:26
talking in Switzerland
at Monday's you way for
00:33:29
a Champions League draw I'm Sonny young
and you're listening to the sunny side of
00:33:36
sports on the Voice of America
just ahead we'll take
00:33:41
a look back at this year's I
00:33:43
w f World Championships
in athletics in London.
00:34:15
Turning to athletics the year's most
important competition took place in August
00:34:22
when London stage the I double
00:34:24
a f world championships and
athletics in this sunny side
00:34:29
a sports highlight for 2017 we'll hear
from some of the athletes who earned
00:34:36
a claim in the British
capital and we begin with
00:34:39
a 6 time Olympic champion from the United
States well it's always fun to run the 4
00:34:46
of 4 and you never really feel great by
this time of the championships but it's
00:34:50
just all about getting out there with
your teammates you know that something
00:34:53
special about that so just dug
deep and wanted to you know have
00:34:57
a good link for my team that's American
Allyson Felix the most decorated athlete in
00:35:03
the history of the i.w.
00:35:06
World Championships Felix won 2
gold medals and won bronze at the
00:35:12
championships on the final day of competition
in the British capital Felix won gold
00:35:19
in the 4 by 400 meters team relay
00:35:23
a day after winning gold in the 4 by
100 meters team relay Allison also
00:35:30
learned a bronze medal in the women's
400 metres final to give her
00:35:34
a record 16 medals at the
World Championships Allyson
00:35:41
Felix is also $19.00 lympics medals
including 6 gold during her great
00:35:47
athletics career she says she would like
to hang up her track spikes after the 2020
00:35:54
Tokyo games in Japan while I would love to
make it to 2020 that's kind of Michael I
00:36:01
would love to in my career there and so
but you know I'm just kind of see where
00:36:05
life takes me and as long as I'm enjoying
it and having fun and sill You know at
00:36:09
least level then I'm happy to continue
to reach that goal so that's kind of my
00:36:13
mindset. Allyson Felix was one of
the veterans on the USA team that
00:36:19
dominated the medals table at
London 2017 the Americans won 30
00:36:26
medals total in London nearly 3
times as many as 2nd place Kenya
00:36:33
breaking down those 30 medals
Team USA tally 10 gold 11
00:36:40
silver and 9 bronze as I told my
friend Maxwell on Sports Radio
00:36:47
88.9 Brillo f.m.
00:36:49
In Nigeria I know USA Track and Field the
governing body for athletics here in
00:36:56
the USA must be very pleased with the
performance of the American squad in
00:37:03
London. In addition to those gold medals
in the women's 4 by 100 meters and
00:37:10
4 by 400 meters team relays
5 American women won gold
00:37:16
medals in individual events let's give
them shout outs and Makoto burn the
00:37:23
surprise winner in the 3000 meters
steeplechase Brittney rescind the long
00:37:29
jump Phyllis Francis in the 400
meters Corey Carter in the 400
00:37:36
metres hurdles and Torrey buoy
in the 100 meters dash I cannot
00:37:43
London now I don't want to get out
celebrating too soon. So I to Scalloway
00:37:50
you know to say then in a way
it's a phone and boy it took
00:37:52
a family and you know at
them lol Alice like it's
00:37:55
a spiral. Where things fall apart
all out of sacrifice holes in men's
00:38:02
results at the World Championships in
London 3 Americans won gold Justin
00:38:08
Gatlin in the 100 meters dash Sam
Kendricks in the pole vault and Christian
00:38:15
Taylor in the triple jump in the 100
meters Gatland knelt on the track
00:38:22
and then back out to the retiring Jamaican
superstar you saying Bolt who won the
00:38:28
bronze medal and later her his left
leg in the 4 by 100 meters team
00:38:35
relay
00:38:36
a disappointing into maybe the greatest
step lead explorer of all time the silver
00:38:43
medalist in the 100 meters Christian Coleman
of the USA praise bowl season things
00:38:50
that you know when using the heat on the
new people would need to be done. In the
00:38:55
us to receive the 182 so he was late to
close in on time you know I never saw
00:39:02
the 60000. Fans at the Olympic Stadium
cheered for you saying bolt in his
00:39:09
final World Championship and the lightning
bolt heard there. For me it was
00:39:16
brilliant you know I mean the support I
didn't change and I expected this suicide
00:39:22
that I thought you know but the energy
of the crowd was stunning as always on I
00:39:29
really loved them they made me feel so at
home and so welcome la times you know to
00:39:33
me and I really appreciate have for me I
was saying goodbye to funds and for me I'm
00:39:39
just always I'm just saying goodbye to
my fans also isn't my 2 events that I'm
00:39:45
dominated for years I was just saying goodbye
to everything you know I mean I think
00:39:49
I almost cried I was close but he didn't
come. But I was just saying goodbye that's
00:39:56
pretty much it was saying goodbye to my
friends just ahead on the sunny side
00:40:00
a sports reporter Sampson
Oh my like will take
00:40:03
a look at some of the African highlights
at the World Athletics Championships there
00:40:09
is is there
00:40:10
a vice. Really. Why shouldn't I'm
00:40:17
Bozak
00:40:18
d c reporter Sampson Oh Molly joins
us now with some of the African
00:40:25
highlights at the 10 day World Athletics
Championships in London Kenya come in 2nd
00:40:31
be handy United States on the overall medal
table with 5 gold 2 silver and 4 bronze
00:40:37
medals South Africa to the 3rd spoiled me
3 gold wants to vote for bronze medal on
00:40:42
the final night. Field he's beat for
the 4th consecutive 1500 meters gold
00:40:49
medal will Kenya still celebrated it
doesn't want to finish with new champion
00:40:54
Elijah leading him to move the
chariot in 3 minutes 33.61 seconds
00:41:01
become a long term and it's not
00:41:02
a very big you know. And the
same thing you know it's not
00:41:07
a joke oh I've been well. Up and
down I'm really happy to come on to
00:41:14
the limbic 5000 meters medalist Kenya's
Helen claimed to have 1st major when she
00:41:19
ran a tactical raised to
dethrone Ethiopian as
00:41:23
a Yanna of the world 5000 meters title I
began to get even in South with me because
00:41:29
after aiming high you see I was focusing
on well I my body was too weak and I've
00:41:34
done it 100 metres event cause to some
mayo one have food will title use and have
00:41:40
finish and trick to see pass.
Burundi some male one with
00:41:45
a system leading one minutes
55.16 seconds because there's
00:41:49
a pivot and then you know we had
00:41:51
a bronze in Delphi are going to hate on me
Tell us oh yes we will be the best team
00:41:56
too loud so we require dogs thrilled with
the performance we had with the p.b.
00:42:01
The national record was amazing you know
so about how do we're going to Keisha
00:42:05
speaking shortly after picking up
00:42:07
a silver medal in the 800 meters event
Francine Neal Saba of put on d.
00:42:12
Said to she was excited at the opportunity
to have the podium finish at the war
00:42:16
championships this meadow I think it
did that here for double only on the
00:42:20
Oregonians I did very happy I knew all of
the only answer by watching me so I'm so
00:42:26
excited I am subsumed or my leg in the.
00:42:47
Video is sunny young and you're listening
to the sunny side of sports on the Voice
00:42:53
of America in National Basketball Association
action Monday night the Chicago Bulls
00:43:00
surprise the visiting Boston Celtics 10
weight to him. $85.00 it was only the
00:43:06
6th win of the season for the Bulls
against 20 losses Chicago is
00:43:13
tied with the Atlanta Hawks for
the worst record in the n.b.a.
00:43:17
The Celtics meanwhile have $23.00
wins the most in the n.b.a.
00:43:22
Against only 6 losses one reason for this
loss is the Celtics played without their
00:43:28
star point guard Kyrie Irving
who was sidelined because of
00:43:33
a bruised left quadriceps muscle one of
Chicago's international players Nicola
00:43:39
Mirah to lead the way on Monday night with
24 points Meritage has an interesting
00:43:46
international background he was born in
Montenegro and he represented Spain at last
00:43:53
year's Rio Olympics basketball
tournament Bobby Portis added
00:43:57
a career high 23 points for the bulls who
won their 3rd straight game. Elsewhere
00:44:04
around the n.b.a.
00:44:04
Monday night the Houston Rockets won
their 10th consecutive game rallying
00:44:10
48132123 victory over the visiting New
Orleans Pelicans Clint Capello scored
00:44:16
a career high 28 points for the Rockets
Well James Harden still sporting my
00:44:22
favorite beard and basketball scored $26.00
points including 12 straight points for
00:44:29
Houston in the 4th quarter
James Harden also tied
00:44:32
a career high with 17 assists Harden
is currently leading the n.b.a.
00:44:38
In scoring at $32.00 points per game he's
also 2nd in the league in assists with 9
00:44:44
and
00:44:45
a half each game just behind Oklahoma City's
Russell Westbrook who is averaging $9.00
00:44:52
assists per game Westbrook scored 30 points
and had 7 assists on Monday night but
00:44:58
it wasn't enough as the Charlotte Hornets
scored 811621 of 3 road victory over the
00:45:05
Oklahoma City Thunder joining us once again
on the show is Andrew Powell cesky the
00:45:11
Voice of America's social media reporter
sporty Greetings Andrew sporty greeting
00:45:17
Sonny good to be here with you welcome back
Andrew what's trending on this Tuesday
00:45:22
Well you talked about earlier
Mohamed getting that b.b.c.
00:45:26
Award Congratulations to him on that and
00:45:29
a lot of congratulations coming in on
social media one person sent out on social
00:45:34
media that these are the awards that Mohamed
Salaam has won this year he's been the
00:45:39
3 time Liverpool player of the month 2 time
champions league player of the week per
00:45:44
merely of the month and now the b.b.c.
00:45:46
African Footballer of the year so 2017 has
been very kind to him and fact one fan
00:45:52
even called him the Egyptian Messi
So quite a nice message yet quite
00:45:58
a nice thing to be compared to Leno Messi
of course one of the greats. The game but
00:46:04
as we see any time any of these awards are
handed out there are many people saying
00:46:07
it should have gone to their favorite
player and said One tweet said Victor Moses
00:46:12
a finalist for the award place for Chelsea
and the Super Eagles of Nigeria should
00:46:16
have won for his talents on the field
than some thinking Salas said Liverpool
00:46:21
teammate study a Monday of Senegal
should have won so you see
00:46:25
a lot of that handicapping
But by and large
00:46:27
a lot of congratulations going out to
Mohammed so on the ward and the common
00:46:31
denominator among those players you mentioned
Andrew we might we hopefully will see
00:46:36
all of them at the World Cup in Russia all
their teams qualified for Russia 2018
00:46:42
Senegal Nigeria Egypt so I think that's
going to be nice to see those top African
00:46:48
stars showing their skills on the
biggest stage in football absolutely in
00:46:54
a big qualification for Egypt I think
it's the 1st time in nearly 30 years that
00:46:58
they've qualify for the World
Cup So that's going to be
00:47:00
a team to watch I think
especially now that it's
00:47:04
a lot of picking up all these awards and
just to point out maybe he'll pick up more
00:47:08
hardware and gonna early in 2018 when the
Confederation of African Football will
00:47:15
hold its annual award ceremony they give
out the award for African Footballer of
00:47:21
the year and also African player based
in Africa 2 different awards so Mohammed
00:47:27
Salo would be up for that African Footballer
of the Year prize the biggest prize to
00:47:33
be awarded in Accra what else
is trending Andrew Well we talk
00:47:37
a lot on the show about Serena Williams and
with good reason because she of course
00:47:42
has more Grand Slam tournament titles in
the open era than any man or woman with 23
00:47:48
she leads the pack overall and of course
the hope is that she is going to be
00:47:54
returning in January to tennis after having
her 1st child this past year so she can
00:47:58
try for number 24 at the Australian Open.
Even the tournaments director as we
00:48:04
talked about last week said that he
expects her to play but we haven't heard
00:48:08
anything from Serena or her team on whether
or not she'll be there but we might
00:48:13
have Sunny as of yesterday gotten
00:48:16
a little bit of confirmation that she
will be there from none other than Serena
00:48:21
herself because on Monday she posted
a closeup photo on Instagram it's
00:48:26
a pair of legs which I presume are hers
taken from the knees down at the end of
00:48:32
those legs are a pair of
white Nike tennis shoes with
00:48:35
a big swatch of sparkly gold running from
about the middle of the shoe up the back
00:48:41
through the heel and the caption that goes
with that photo Sunny says Be excited be
00:48:46
very excited dot dot dot so I decided
I'm excited I mean you know even though
00:48:53
it's
00:48:53
a cryptic message Jeff fans are saying this
is the clearest indication yet that Serena
00:48:57
will indeed be back for the Australian
Open and sporting some pretty cool kicks
00:49:02
while she's there Down Under in Melbourne
of course she could be just you know
00:49:06
selling these new Serena shoes or something
another Nike maybe another Nike ad if
00:49:10
they do end up building after her maybe
she's done some advertising for Nike but no
00:49:14
I think fans are taking this is as clear
an indication as we've had so far that she
00:49:19
will be returning to tennis come January
in Melbourne for the Australian Open and
00:49:23
sunny they are pumped in less than
00:49:27
a day that photos already got nearly
$300000.00 likes on Instagram and hundreds of
00:49:32
comments and many of them have one common
theme that fans cannot wait to see her
00:49:37
back on the court as one person noted and
I think this is kind of encapsulates all
00:49:42
the comments that we're seeing there right
the boss is back and she has been the
00:49:46
boss in tennis and they're hoping that
she'll be back well it's good to keep in
00:49:50
mind she practiced during much of her
pregnancy according to media reports and I
00:49:56
would guess her daughter maybe shortly after
she was born Andrew maybe Serino maybe
00:50:01
put
00:50:01
a little toy. Yes racket in the crib Yeah you
know keep in mind the story I was pregnant
00:50:06
when she won the Australian Open last year
I think she was about you know 8 or 10
00:50:10
weeks pregnant so a lot of jokes
that her daughter has already won
00:50:14
a Grand Slam even though she wasn't born
yet so let's see if the new mom Serena can
00:50:19
maintain and defend her title down under
what else is trending on this Tuesday
00:50:24
Andrew well Sunday the saga of the ball
family continues of course when we last
00:50:30
left them Leigh Angelo Ball who was playing
for the University of California at Los
00:50:34
Angeles was reportedly pulled out of the
school by his some would say overbearing
00:50:39
and attention seeking father Lavar ball
This came after Leanne Jolo was suspended
00:50:44
from the team for shoplifting during
00:50:46
a team trip to China this feels almost
like more like a soap opera recap than
00:50:51
a sports story because there's so many
twists and turns and so much that goes on
00:50:54
the story but anyway after Lee
Angelo ball left u.c.l.a.
00:50:58
Which is one of the best college programs
in the country fans were perplexed why
00:51:02
would he leave where is he going to go
what school is going to take him what we
00:51:07
know now where Lee Angelo will be going
he is going pro because we Angelo has
00:51:12
signed to play professional basketball in
none other than very bizarre Lithuania
00:51:17
Lithuania and his 16 year old younger brother
love Melo will be joining him they'll
00:51:22
be joining. Us team that's in the
Lithuanian Baltic league hardly
00:51:29
a European power by any
stretch and fact is
00:51:31
a lot of people noted on social media
there are reports that this team is in
00:51:34
serious financial and managerial issues
in the past there are some accounts that
00:51:38
players haven't been paid for playing so
once again fans are perplexed why throw
00:51:43
away the chance to play in the National
Basketball Association to play at
00:51:47
a school like u.c.l.a.
00:51:49
And go overseas
00:51:50
a very bizarre move by Lavar ball to pull
his children over there we'll see if it
00:51:56
pays out but right now
00:51:57
a lot of head scratching going on and
my understanding Andrew Once you sign
00:52:01
a professional contract. You give up your
collegiate eligibility so the younger
00:52:07
ball brothers won't won't be playing us
college basketball that's for sure now and
00:52:13
I've been from what I've read I believe
there's only one us college basketball
00:52:16
player who has gone into this Baltic league
in Lithuania and he only stayed there
00:52:22
and played for about
00:52:23
a month before he left because the league
is in such shambles so you know of all of
00:52:27
the different clubs overseas in Europe and
elsewhere in the world to put his for
00:52:33
all of our balls but his 2 sons
into this club in particular is
00:52:37
a very bizarre move but that has fans talking
what's the hidden angle because he's
00:52:41
a showman of our ball he always is trying
to promote his son's right so why does he
00:52:45
have up his sleeve that might end up being
the ball league instead of the ball to
00:52:50
see if it happened like that the ball
with. Andrew Pell cesky the Vo way social
00:52:56
media reporter thank you Andrew thanks
very much Sunny And that wraps up the
00:53:00
December 12th edition of the sunny side
of sports thanks to Voice of America
00:53:06
producer Bill work injure
Thanks also to v.o.a.
00:53:10
Engineer John Dryden. And thank you for
tuning in m v always sunny Young in
00:53:16
Washington and that's the
sunny side of sport.
00:53:28
I get it.
00:53:41
Next an editorial reflecting the views of
the United States government the recent
00:53:46
legislative and municipal elections in
the Republic of equitorial Guinea where
00:53:50
chance for the government there to live
up to the goal of widening the country's
00:53:54
democratic space
00:53:56
a goal that was the focus of equitorial
Guinea's celebrated National Dialogue of
00:54:01
2014 as longtime President Obiang the
game and the so go said at the time
00:54:07
democracy and national unity must be
priorities and the problems that affect the
00:54:12
nation where there are no public
liberties there cannot be institutional
00:54:16
development unfortunately as u.s.
00:54:19
Ambassador to equitorial Guinea
Julie for Ruta toy wrote in
00:54:23
a recent op ed the opportunity for the
government to expand the country's
00:54:27
democratic space demonstrate that it hears
the voice and the will of the people and
00:54:33
improve its image on the international
stage was missed in November the elections
00:54:39
were
00:54:39
a step back she wrote the balloting of
candidates did not allow the public to vote
00:54:43
freely for candidates to represent them at
any level since the voters only had the
00:54:48
choice to vote for a party the members
of the public were registered to vote in
00:54:52
a process that was not transparent and
was not observed by the international or
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domestic observers and the final count of
the votes was not at all transparent or
00:55:02
free Additionally restrictions on Internet
and communications systems were enforced
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reportedly the Democratic Party of
equitorial Guinea the party of present. And
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ingrain the one the legislative emunah
supposed to lections with 92 percent of the
00:55:17
vote at the Chamber of
Deputies in Malabo only
00:55:21
a single member of the opposition from
the Citizens Party for innovation was
00:55:25
elected leaving 99 seats to the
party in power. Ambassador for
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a toy emphasized that
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a vibrant and loyal opposition is necessary
to create economic opportunities for
00:55:38
everyone without hearing the voices without
an independent representative democracy
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the government limits the ability of its
citizens to make informed choices for the
00:55:47
future of the nation and she wrote earlier
this year the greatest resource of
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equitorial Guinea is not its abundant
supply of oil and gas the greatest resource
00:55:59
of equitorial Guinea is actually her people
said Ambassador for the toy it is past
00:56:05
time for the leaders of equitorial Guinea
to ensure that equitorial good nations
00:56:10
are allowed the democratic space required
for their country to flourish. But it was
00:56:17
an editorial reflecting the views
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a cold one planet summit is really
to give if you like a bit of
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a push because the Paris climate change
agreement where we dined here in Paris
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treat you to go That's reporter Catherine
field in Parish We'll have full details
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coming up also on the Gambia school authorities
and students recently took part in
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a forum to address the issue of lack
of discipline in countries schools and
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organizations working with Zimbabwe and
migrants in South Africa say the main
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reason most are choosing to remain in
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The top story French president Emmanuel
McCrone gathered business leaders and 50
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world leaders in Paris for
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a summit today the focus of the meeting
was on boosting funding to fight climate
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change the summit comes to years after
nearly $200.00 nations agreed to the Paris
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climate accord it calls for nations to limit
greenhouse gas emissions and for rich
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countries to help developing countries deal
with the impacts of climate change u.s.
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President Donald Trump was not among those
invited to take part in the conference
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last year Trump announced the u.s.
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Was pulling out of the accord saying it
disadvantages the United States to the
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exclusive benefit of other countries reporter
Catherine field is in Paris covering
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the summit she spoke with me about the
important while developing countries play in
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medical. Gating climate issues this
particular summit has called the one planet
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summit is really to give
if you like a bit of
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a push to the Paris climate change agreement
we dined here in Paris 2 years ago the
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French president
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a man you might call has if you like he's
trying to establish himself as the man
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who can push the rest of the world into
agreeing to really get on top of climate
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change just within the last 24 hours the
French president said that the real
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impetus for this was when the American
president decided to walk away from that
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Paris agreement and then you might
consider this really created if you like
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a huge momentum to create
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a counter momentum to really get on top of
everything that needs to be done to get
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climate change under control and then
that respects he wants to get all these
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leaders together but typically also low
coom as have also come here your local
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businesses to get them to come together
and particularly to talk about the
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financial issues that means raising money
to give to developing countries to help
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them when they clean energy to if you
like also keep an eye on some of the
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development banks to make sure that they're
not lending money to countries so they
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can open new coal plants and it's messes
like that particularly the financing that
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menu
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a man called his is so important because as
he put it through he doesn't want people
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to come to him in 20 or 30 years time and
to say you did nothing he feels that now
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is the time to do something well one big
example is the protein of fact so example
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can you tell us about this and what is going
on there regarding climate change the
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one that particular results that speaking
of fast like most of the region is
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sunshine and just in late November when
your mike home was in the queue faster and
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he was. There for this particular solar
power plant on the outskirts of the capital
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good to go when it came on stream this is
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a huge solar power plant $55.00 hectors and
what it will do and particularly is it
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will cut energy dependence and it will
boost renewables so one of the things that
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the French development agency did was it
funded All this particular project funded
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$25000000.00 u.s.
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Dollars all this the remainder of it this
financing came from the European Union so
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what Emanuel might call is going to say to
the delegates to those who say look you
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know this is something concrete when this
is really at maximum capacity it will
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mean that big Keno fast so hence
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a lot of its energy needs coming from
solar The whole object of this is that by
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2030 the king of fast so will have to send
over his energy needs coming from solar
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It will also mean that this particular
country it doesn't have the energy
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dependence at the moment
the king of fast so gets
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a lot of its energy from Ghana and
could. This big project which fronts
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helped finance that was really that is what
he's going to hold up and say you can't
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just tell these countries to do more you
have to help them with the new technology
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and in that way France and of course
also China is absolutely there at the
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forefront helping not just handing over the
money but say Ok here's how we can work
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together and I think that is really the
next move that Emanuel might call could be
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holding out to say Ok let's look at these
countries of the developing let's look at
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the results as they have their work with
them to use those resources that was
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important Catherine see all this
she spoke with me from Paris.
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In the gun Bia school authorities and
students who recently took part in
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a forum to address the lack of discipline
in the country's schools the national
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state broadcaster the Gambia radio
and television services organized
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a meeting which it called Face the Nation
English to Africa reporter printed on by
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reports differed from followed the x.
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Parson of
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a high school for male student following
what school art or it is call in appropriate
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dancing with
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a male student 10 or less from better schools
we are also suspended for misbehavior
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Carol more and more young is the principal
of no surprise school town of wonder.
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This being
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a school. A new school and
ability. To respect teach us
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to be able to cut in the us who walk
according to. The law in any school and
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who violates that because in
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a school and as an indiscreet. The Forum
brought to get our schools we can agree to
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bind your area is Gore was to investigate
demand causation of misbehavior and of
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course solutions for the problem
rhetoric tried Gambian education is
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a modern rule not the issue of indigent
played in scores should be upright
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critically Yes Discipline is
doing down and we must find
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a solution to this is the society's get
involved in I think the answer would be
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from the schools because these are the
scenes of the gun bill and we need to bring
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down the good not to say any belongs to
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a group of the ship of teachers of English
I think we need to bring back because I
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think counseling need to be sent to some
of these children somewhere they are
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coming from the need to become. Honestly
the group played in supporting distil to
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become very responsible Some
say the problem relation
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a lot of appropriate entering this dance
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a lot of decorum among some spouses that
influence their children or less like this
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2 men blames the ex poor socialist of
prodding college us and lives including the
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West our neighboring countries like Nigeria
my blame goes to our feelings under
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school administration in this case like
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a stew and spends most of his time at home
so if. A student has been free to build
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a tool modest on The View there
is no way that I can see if
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a student go to school he or she will be
influenced misbehaviors and no less than
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against say this another
problem Greg Garcia
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a male teacher saucer lies in or dating
with female students most schools have
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rules against this door some students are
not comfortable or complaining against
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ridiculous How can students the discipline
Well teachers themselves I do things to
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dance in the school teachers that students
in the school and also students visit
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teachers at their houses at the end of
the meeting but Hispanics are paid and
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attend school paid and mittimus undercharged
their childrens performance and
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behavior they also ought parish to instill
in young people are good values and
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mannish in the early seventy's lived in
pretty eighties corporal punishment was
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enforced in Gambia schools it was late to
abolish by the former administration of
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president shouted out
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a creator by our 2 big teachers and parents
are honest that depended on how strong
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from street course of behavior to what
freedom bordered on lack of respect and
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indiscipline for v.o.a.
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Africa this is planted in by
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a reporting. The human rights
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organization Amnesty International
accuses European governments of the n.
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Complicit in the torture and abuse of tens
of thousands of refugees and migrants
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detained in Libya and appalling
conditions the group published
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a report today on the issue and titled
Libya's dark web of collusion it details and
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says how European governments are actively
supporting the Libyan coast guard
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detention authorities and smugglers an
order to prevent people from crossing the
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Mediterranean I spoke with
reporter Josie McCann
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a in Rome about this report is this is
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a damning report from Amnesty International
released today accusing European
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government of complicity in the detention
and torture of migrants in Libya
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particularly by assisting the Libyan coast
which has been implicated in people
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trafficking and sending migrants back
to Libya the Raj group said that the
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government knowingly complicit in the torture
and the abuse of tens of thousands of
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refugees and migrants that have been
detained by the Libyan authorities in what
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they call were appalling conditions in Libya
also accused the European governments
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of actively supporting
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a sophisticated system of abuse and
exploitation by the Libyan coast God and
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smugglers to prevent these people from
across King the Mediterranean so there's
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a very strong words from Amnesty and as
does Europe director John Doe has been said
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that these refugees and migrants as we know
are trapped in Libya and they're at the
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mercy of the Libyan authorities and the
militias that are really just using and
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abusing them for financial gain and what
has been the response to this accusation
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so far the response has been quite unusual
but this year the Italian government has
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been very defensive and very proud of its
decision to change its policy to stop the
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modern. Parts from crossing the Mediterranean
to work with the Libyan government to
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work with the Libyan coast and push the
migrants back mostly sub-Saharan migrants
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back to Libya the attending government has
its on on national elections which are
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due should be held in usually
early next year and this is
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a very clear attempt by politicians
initially to show the voices
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that more is being done to control the
migrant process and try and attract that
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solution Szekely from Italian to unemployed
or struggling to make ends meet this
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government and these politicians
initially want to send
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a message that handling this crisis and
that's one Fortunately the migrants I think
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have been at the receiving end of what is
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a very harsh policy I understand also
some new numbers have come out today
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regarding the Margaret can you shed some
light on this information yes the Italian
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government has released fresh figures
showing that 117500 migrants of
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so if I arrived in Italy this year that's
compared to $175000.00 for the same
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period in 2016 that's
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a drop of 33 percent the full that we have
seen has been even more dramatic in July
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August this year when the attendant government
started clamping down on the arrival
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that was reported as of the McCann
as she spoke with me from Rome.
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You're listening to Africa news tonight
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I mean he's who he is a
keen past the hour here's
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a recap of our top stories
today French president
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a man when McCrone gathered business
leaders and 50 world leaders in Paris for
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a summit to boost funding to fight climate
change and the Gumby school authorities
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and students recently took part in
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a forum to address the lack of discipline
in the country schools and the human
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rights organization Amnesty International
accuses European governments of being
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complicit in the torture and abuse of tens
of thousands of refugees and migrants
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detained in Libya and for more news and
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Africa darker. More news around the
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continent organizations working with Zimbabwe
and migrants in South Africa say the
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main reason most are choosing to remain
with their more fluent neighbor is job
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opportunities the African center for
migration and society in Johannesburg for
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example says Zimbabweans will only begin
returning to the country of their birth in
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big numbers once the economy there
improves dramatically an estimated 2000000
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Zimbabweans now live in South Africa
there until reports from Johannesburg.
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Cross flies as
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a really bad in the blue overall
soaked with sweat most good morning
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a small house in
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a Johannesburg suburb Mark do arrived in
the city for. Blue while with his family
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for 15 years ago groups protecting the
rights of Zimbabweans in South Africa say
00:19:07
most of the migrants are employed informally
for example as farm laborers in the
00:19:13
cities many Zimbabwean men like to work
as gardeners he says he likes working
00:19:19
outdoors even though it's tough physical
labor cleaning digging taking the weeds
00:19:26
out to. Leave this room food group says
he's heard stories about South Africans
00:19:33
paying Zimbabweans so-called slave wages
but he says South Africa and its people
00:19:39
have been good to him since he started
work in Johannesburg 15 years ago and get
00:19:45
lunch. Money and that it
feels good to wife did
00:19:52
he she didn't hear the call to school is
finished school the sort I had no problem
00:19:57
. He says his family had no choice but
to leave while it is very bad to be was
00:20:04
the sometimes destroyed for food no
money to pay everything school if you.
00:20:11
Didn't go by demit said other
people are staying in if.
00:20:20
In South Africa his family's doing well
to bear these 2 sons of God knows His
00:20:26
wife's a domestic helper
and his daughter's
00:20:28
a trainee chef he says these jobs as menial
as they all or hard to come by Zimbabwe
00:20:36
do bear insists he still loves them Bob
where returns regularly every year Julie
00:20:42
nimble and his bubbly
in December the c.e.o.
00:20:47
Elect fairly. Big. Packing
00:20:53
leaves in the plastic bag he says it's
00:20:56
a bob boy's poor economy and lucky. Of
development that always disappoint him noice
00:21:03
wastes the Swiss with sweets but it is
fed up with the good evil of being it
00:21:10
and then you get money to
send to Zimbabwe to place
00:21:13
a $1000000.00 me every man's sin money to
bare says most Some Bob Wills he speaks
00:21:20
with about the recent political changes in
their homeland have the same opinion as
00:21:25
he does if you can God was. He
didn't care but it did look there
00:21:32
is
00:21:32
a change to get beat. As he trims another
00:21:39
patch of grass to bear loft and says he
won't return to Zimbabwe because he doesn't
00:21:44
trust crocodiles the jokes aimed at the
country's new leader ever since none cargo
00:21:50
are whose nicknamed the crocodile for his
political ruthlessness due west says if
00:21:56
none were proved to be as dedicated to
improving all the populace lives as he is to
00:22:03
his political career then maybe a move
back to bully while will be more than just
00:22:08
a dream on Taylor for viewing
news in Johannesburg.
00:22:21
New York is a magnet for immigrants looking
for freedom and opportunity in the u.s.
00:22:26
At the same time American Life Is It
enriched by the diverse cultures and fresh
00:22:31
perspectives that immigrants
bring Adam Phillips reports.
00:22:41
The that's a video recording
of South African children in
00:22:46
a township participating in
one of dramatic the workshops
00:22:50
a world away in New York's Carnegie Hall
Amber sees Bree dramatic needs founder
00:22:56
takes
00:22:56
a break from her sing the children's
monologue. To explain that it's not only food
00:23:01
clothing medicine traumatized and impoverished
children but we're not suggesting
00:23:06
for
00:23:06
a minute that we air drop out materials
into war zones but once they have the basic
00:23:11
necessities of life but life is still
incredibly hard and trauma continues to occur
00:23:15
we believe that there's a merit
to using the arts which are
00:23:18
a very gentle way for children to learn
and to express themselves and to thereby
00:23:23
cope with what they're going through seize
greases children often find it difficult
00:23:28
to put the trauma they've suffered into
words but they can if given enough freedom
00:23:33
and space make a mark on a piece of
paper or or sing a song or present
00:23:38
a character that has
00:23:39
a thorough fair between what they've
gone through and what their audience is
00:23:43
receiving and there's something inherently
therapeutic about that in the 2050
00:23:47
London performance of the children's
monologues the British rapper Lil Sam's
00:23:52
reprise one child's thoughts
this way. The sound of.
00:24:07
The many famous actors have performed
00:24:10
a dramatic the fundraisers the clue Daniel
Kalua Trevor Noah Susan Sarandon and
00:24:16
Nicole Kidman hear Benedict Cumberbatch
dramatizes one South African trials memory
00:24:22
of slaughter in his township I don't like
to think what my life from what happened
00:24:28
to the other people that disappeared from
my village I don't have that thought in
00:24:31
my brain the bodies at the farm every
week rotting in the fields in one story
00:24:38
a girl recounts repeated sexual abuse
by her uncle she was afraid to tell her
00:24:43
grandmother about it because her rapist
was supposed to be the family's protector
00:24:48
male actor Kit Harington dramatizes the
story when I was 13 years old I was raped.
00:24:56
It was my uncle my grandmother's. RINGBACK
Climbed in my window in the middle of
00:25:01
the night it is. To say what you see
as this girl's odyssey from trauma to
00:25:08
healing has been
00:25:09
a deeply moving personal story for her as
well we have worked with her now for over
00:25:14
5 years and I have seen an extraordinary
recovery of self and spirit from her she
00:25:19
is coping incredibly well we were out
there in January and saw her and she did
00:25:23
a beat poetry performance and it was one
of the most moving things I've ever seen
00:25:27
and I'm so proud of her and she is an
extraordinary example of courageousness and
00:25:33
resilience some use dance
to move toward become.
00:25:42
The Via badass pantsula dance crew who are
demonstrating their moves off stage in
00:25:47
Carnegie Hall expresses
the emotional there are.
00:25:57
Deaths involved in South
Africa's black townships as
00:26:00
a form of exuberant high energy protest
during the apartheid era Sindelar no longer
00:26:06
leads the troupe like the way we dance
is that we show how we leave you see so
00:26:11
whatever we see in the
neighborhood whenever we see
00:26:13
a local We do one speech just to show
people like how we live all the pain and
00:26:17
feeling I'm going to do dance all the
happiness I'm feeling and I'm going to show
00:26:22
you to dance through my dance to my body
is there to your eyes and your mind.
00:26:31
For most of its 10 year history dramatically
has worked in South Africa and Rwanda
00:26:37
but it's now opening
00:26:38
a branch office in the Bronx in New York
one of the poorest districts in America
00:26:43
according to Amber's Sainsbury bravery
is a human quality and freedom is
00:26:47
a human right and that stands true
regardless of the color of your skin the
00:26:52
passport you carry or the language you
used to tell your story Adam Phillips.
00:27:04
And that wraps up this edition of Africa
news tonight on you he's Will he be in
00:27:09
Washington and I'm for all the latest
developments on the continent $24.00
00:27:13
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00:27:20
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00:27:26
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00:27:30
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00:27:41
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00:27:47
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00:28:52
side of sport the sunny side of sports.
On the set of sports right here on The
00:28:58
Voice of America. And.
00:29:10
Sporty greetings to all our Voice of America
listeners this is Vo way Sonny Young
00:29:16
in Washington thanks for tuning in this
evening and welcome to the sunny side of
00:29:23
sports the Confederation of African
Football will hold its Samuel awards
00:29:29
ceremony on January 4th
in a crock Gonna and
00:29:34
a Gyptian player though already has
Want to big prize Liverpool striker
00:29:40
Mohammad Sala won the baby. See African
Footballer of the Year award for
00:29:46
2017 the 25 year old Sala was
presented with the trophy at
00:29:52
Liverpool's training ground by the English
Premier League clubs German manager
00:29:58
Juergen Klump Sala is leading the premier
league in scoring this season with 13
00:30:05
goals he also helped the Pharaohs of Egypt
qualify for the World Cup for the 1st
00:30:11
time since 1990. Current and
past members of the Pharaohs
00:30:18
praise Salo for winning the award Arsenal
midfielder Mohamed El nany wrote
00:30:25
on Twitter best African player
proud of you bro Omar gob or
00:30:32
a defender who plays for Major
League Soccer's Los Angeles f.c.
00:30:37
Also wrote on Twitter congratulations
well deserved Picasso and
00:30:44
former Egyptian star Mohammed aboud trico
who is now an assistant coach with the
00:30:51
Pharaohs wrote this tweet
Congratulations you made us proud the
00:30:57
best is yet to come and who knows
the best for Mohamed Salah could
00:31:04
come with Liverpool in the u.a.e.
00:31:06
For
00:31:06
a Champions League tournament or perhaps
with Egypt at the 2018 World Cup in Russia
00:31:14
as I mentioned during Monday's Sunnyside
00:31:16
a sports Liverpool has been drawn against
Porto of Portugal in the round of
00:31:23
16 in the u.a.e.
00:31:24
For Champions League and
in what shaping up as
00:31:28
a very exciting round of 16 match up
defending champion Ryall Madrid of
00:31:35
Spain will play Perrine Sasheer man which
is currently leading the French league
00:31:42
p.s.
00:31:43
Jesus assistance sporting director and
former player the Brazilian Maxwell sizes
00:31:50
up Ryall Madrid and I think they
have many many. Many Well it is
00:31:57
they have
00:31:57
a lot of strength but it typically is the
most so you know that defending the home
00:32:03
they have a lot of the face
of it all and. We have
00:32:06
a ball that is we have over. The years so
be sure to continue in these competitions
00:32:13
so we're going to do it. With the new heavy
stuff that knows them very well from
00:32:17
Spain so we have
00:32:19
a more difficult it is also true for
the next one meanwhile Ryall Madrid
00:32:25
director of institutional relations
Emillio Bhooter again no says p.s.g.
00:32:32
Most definitely will be
00:32:34
a challenging opponent with quality
players at every position I think they're
00:32:40
everybody's on every time and feel the way
some of you. And the fans but it kind of
00:32:47
being the midfield. Offensively they have
will play as they're able to limits on
00:32:54
their own so we have to be on that
we're best we want to qualify but.
00:33:00
Santana have to rely on the land of the we
have the feeling there's an hour for you
00:33:04
this is the day you always rise to the
station I'm sitting there as I don't play
00:33:10
very well and if I will
find suspect there's
00:33:13
a reason that's Emillio Bhooter again oh
the director of institutional relations
00:33:19
for 12 time European football
champion Rio Madrid and Emilio was
00:33:26
talking in Switzerland
at Monday's you way for
00:33:29
a Champions League draw I'm Sonny young
and you're listening to the sunny side of
00:33:36
sports on the Voice of America
just ahead we'll take
00:33:41
a look back at this year's I
00:33:43
w f World Championships
in athletics in London.
00:34:15
Turning to athletics the year's most
important competition took place in August
00:34:22
when London stage the I double
00:34:24
a f world championships and
athletics in this sunny side
00:34:29
a sports highlight for 2017 we'll hear
from some of the athletes who earned
00:34:36
a claim in the British
capital and we begin with
00:34:39
a 6 time Olympic champion from the United
States well it's always fun to run the 4
00:34:46
of 4 and you never really feel great by
this time of the championships but it's
00:34:50
just all about getting out there with
your teammates you know that something
00:34:53
special about that so just dug
deep and wanted to you know have
00:34:57
a good link for my team that's American
Allyson Felix the most decorated athlete in
00:35:03
the history of the i.w.
00:35:06
World Championships Felix won 2
gold medals and won bronze at the
00:35:12
championships on the final day of competition
in the British capital Felix won gold
00:35:19
in the 4 by 400 meters team relay
00:35:23
a day after winning gold in the 4 by
100 meters team relay Allison also
00:35:30
learned a bronze medal in the women's
400 metres final to give her
00:35:34
a record 16 medals at the
World Championships Allyson
00:35:41
Felix is also $19.00 lympics medals
including 6 gold during her great
00:35:47
athletics career she says she would like
to hang up her track spikes after the 2020
00:35:54
Tokyo games in Japan while I would love to
make it to 2020 that's kind of Michael I
00:36:01
would love to in my career there and so
but you know I'm just kind of see where
00:36:05
life takes me and as long as I'm enjoying
it and having fun and sill You know at
00:36:09
least level then I'm happy to continue
to reach that goal so that's kind of my
00:36:13
mindset. Allyson Felix was one of
the veterans on the USA team that
00:36:19
dominated the medals table at
London 2017 the Americans won 30
00:36:26
medals total in London nearly 3
times as many as 2nd place Kenya
00:36:33
breaking down those 30 medals
Team USA tally 10 gold 11
00:36:40
silver and 9 bronze as I told my
friend Maxwell on Sports Radio
00:36:47
88.9 Brillo f.m.
00:36:49
In Nigeria I know USA Track and Field the
governing body for athletics here in
00:36:56
the USA must be very pleased with the
performance of the American squad in
00:37:03
London. In addition to those gold medals
in the women's 4 by 100 meters and
00:37:10
4 by 400 meters team relays
5 American women won gold
00:37:16
medals in individual events let's give
them shout outs and Makoto burn the
00:37:23
surprise winner in the 3000 meters
steeplechase Brittney rescind the long
00:37:29
jump Phyllis Francis in the 400
meters Corey Carter in the 400
00:37:36
metres hurdles and Torrey buoy
in the 100 meters dash I cannot
00:37:43
London now I don't want to get out
celebrating too soon. So I to Scalloway
00:37:50
you know to say then in a way
it's a phone and boy it took
00:37:52
a family and you know at
them lol Alice like it's
00:37:55
a spiral. Where things fall apart
all out of sacrifice holes in men's
00:38:02
results at the World Championships in
London 3 Americans won gold Justin
00:38:08
Gatlin in the 100 meters dash Sam
Kendricks in the pole vault and Christian
00:38:15
Taylor in the triple jump in the 100
meters Gatland knelt on the track
00:38:22
and then back out to the retiring Jamaican
superstar you saying Bolt who won the
00:38:28
bronze medal and later her his left
leg in the 4 by 100 meters team
00:38:35
relay
00:38:36
a disappointing into maybe the greatest
step lead explorer of all time the silver
00:38:43
medalist in the 100 meters Christian Coleman
of the USA praise bowl season things
00:38:50
that you know when using the heat on the
new people would need to be done. In the
00:38:55
us to receive the 182 so he was late to
close in on time you know I never saw
00:39:02
the 60000. Fans at the Olympic Stadium
cheered for you saying bolt in his
00:39:09
final World Championship and the lightning
bolt heard there. For me it was
00:39:16
brilliant you know I mean the support I
didn't change and I expected this suicide
00:39:22
that I thought you know but the energy
of the crowd was stunning as always on I
00:39:29
really loved them they made me feel so at
home and so welcome la times you know to
00:39:33
me and I really appreciate have for me I
was saying goodbye to funds and for me I'm
00:39:39
just always I'm just saying goodbye to
my fans also isn't my 2 events that I'm
00:39:45
dominated for years I was just saying goodbye
to everything you know I mean I think
00:39:49
I almost cried I was close but he didn't
come. But I was just saying goodbye that's
00:39:56
pretty much it was saying goodbye to my
friends just ahead on the sunny side
00:40:00
a sports reporter Sampson
Oh my like will take
00:40:03
a look at some of the African highlights
at the World Athletics Championships there
00:40:09
is is there
00:40:10
a vice. Really. Why shouldn't I'm
00:40:17
Bozak
00:40:18
d c reporter Sampson Oh Molly joins
us now with some of the African
00:40:25
highlights at the 10 day World Athletics
Championships in London Kenya come in 2nd
00:40:31
be handy United States on the overall medal
table with 5 gold 2 silver and 4 bronze
00:40:37
medals South Africa to the 3rd spoiled me
3 gold wants to vote for bronze medal on
00:40:42
the final night. Field he's beat for
the 4th consecutive 1500 meters gold
00:40:49
medal will Kenya still celebrated it
doesn't want to finish with new champion
00:40:54
Elijah leading him to move the
chariot in 3 minutes 33.61 seconds
00:41:01
become a long term and it's not
00:41:02
a very big you know. And the
same thing you know it's not
00:41:07
a joke oh I've been well. Up and
down I'm really happy to come on to
00:41:14
the limbic 5000 meters medalist Kenya's
Helen claimed to have 1st major when she
00:41:19
ran a tactical raised to
dethrone Ethiopian as
00:41:23
a Yanna of the world 5000 meters title I
began to get even in South with me because
00:41:29
after aiming high you see I was focusing
on well I my body was too weak and I've
00:41:34
done it 100 metres event cause to some
mayo one have food will title use and have
00:41:40
finish and trick to see pass.
Burundi some male one with
00:41:45
a system leading one minutes
55.16 seconds because there's
00:41:49
a pivot and then you know we had
00:41:51
a bronze in Delphi are going to hate on me
Tell us oh yes we will be the best team
00:41:56
too loud so we require dogs thrilled with
the performance we had with the p.b.
00:42:01
The national record was amazing you know
so about how do we're going to Keisha
00:42:05
speaking shortly after picking up
00:42:07
a silver medal in the 800 meters event
Francine Neal Saba of put on d.
00:42:12
Said to she was excited at the opportunity
to have the podium finish at the war
00:42:16
championships this meadow I think it
did that here for double only on the
00:42:20
Oregonians I did very happy I knew all of
the only answer by watching me so I'm so
00:42:26
excited I am subsumed or my leg in the.
00:42:47
Video is sunny young and you're listening
to the sunny side of sports on the Voice
00:42:53
of America in National Basketball Association
action Monday night the Chicago Bulls
00:43:00
surprise the visiting Boston Celtics 10
weight to him. $85.00 it was only the
00:43:06
6th win of the season for the Bulls
against 20 losses Chicago is
00:43:13
tied with the Atlanta Hawks for
the worst record in the n.b.a.
00:43:17
The Celtics meanwhile have $23.00
wins the most in the n.b.a.
00:43:22
Against only 6 losses one reason for this
loss is the Celtics played without their
00:43:28
star point guard Kyrie Irving
who was sidelined because of
00:43:33
a bruised left quadriceps muscle one of
Chicago's international players Nicola
00:43:39
Mirah to lead the way on Monday night with
24 points Meritage has an interesting
00:43:46
international background he was born in
Montenegro and he represented Spain at last
00:43:53
year's Rio Olympics basketball
tournament Bobby Portis added
00:43:57
a career high 23 points for the bulls who
won their 3rd straight game. Elsewhere
00:44:04
around the n.b.a.
00:44:04
Monday night the Houston Rockets won
their 10th consecutive game rallying
00:44:10
48132123 victory over the visiting New
Orleans Pelicans Clint Capello scored
00:44:16
a career high 28 points for the Rockets
Well James Harden still sporting my
00:44:22
favorite beard and basketball scored $26.00
points including 12 straight points for
00:44:29
Houston in the 4th quarter
James Harden also tied
00:44:32
a career high with 17 assists Harden
is currently leading the n.b.a.
00:44:38
In scoring at $32.00 points per game he's
also 2nd in the league in assists with 9
00:44:44
and
00:44:45
a half each game just behind Oklahoma City's
Russell Westbrook who is averaging $9.00
00:44:52
assists per game Westbrook scored 30 points
and had 7 assists on Monday night but
00:44:58
it wasn't enough as the Charlotte Hornets
scored 811621 of 3 road victory over the
00:45:05
Oklahoma City Thunder joining us once again
on the show is Andrew Powell cesky the
00:45:11
Voice of America's social media reporter
sporty Greetings Andrew sporty greeting
00:45:17
Sonny good to be here with you welcome back
Andrew what's trending on this Tuesday
00:45:22
Well you talked about earlier
Mohamed getting that b.b.c.
00:45:26
Award Congratulations to him on that and
00:45:29
a lot of congratulations coming in on
social media one person sent out on social
00:45:34
media that these are the awards that Mohamed
Salaam has won this year he's been the
00:45:39
3 time Liverpool player of the month 2 time
champions league player of the week per
00:45:44
merely of the month and now the b.b.c.
00:45:46
African Footballer of the year so 2017 has
been very kind to him and fact one fan
00:45:52
even called him the Egyptian Messi
So quite a nice message yet quite
00:45:58
a nice thing to be compared to Leno Messi
of course one of the greats. The game but
00:46:04
as we see any time any of these awards are
handed out there are many people saying
00:46:07
it should have gone to their favorite
player and said One tweet said Victor Moses
00:46:12
a finalist for the award place for Chelsea
and the Super Eagles of Nigeria should
00:46:16
have won for his talents on the field
than some thinking Salas said Liverpool
00:46:21
teammate study a Monday of Senegal
should have won so you see
00:46:25
a lot of that handicapping
But by and large
00:46:27
a lot of congratulations going out to
Mohammed so on the ward and the common
00:46:31
denominator among those players you mentioned
Andrew we might we hopefully will see
00:46:36
all of them at the World Cup in Russia all
their teams qualified for Russia 2018
00:46:42
Senegal Nigeria Egypt so I think that's
going to be nice to see those top African
00:46:48
stars showing their skills on the
biggest stage in football absolutely in
00:46:54
a big qualification for Egypt I think
it's the 1st time in nearly 30 years that
00:46:58
they've qualify for the World
Cup So that's going to be
00:47:00
a team to watch I think
especially now that it's
00:47:04
a lot of picking up all these awards and
just to point out maybe he'll pick up more
00:47:08
hardware and gonna early in 2018 when the
Confederation of African Football will
00:47:15
hold its annual award ceremony they give
out the award for African Footballer of
00:47:21
the year and also African player based
in Africa 2 different awards so Mohammed
00:47:27
Salo would be up for that African Footballer
of the Year prize the biggest prize to
00:47:33
be awarded in Accra what else
is trending Andrew Well we talk
00:47:37
a lot on the show about Serena Williams and
with good reason because she of course
00:47:42
has more Grand Slam tournament titles in
the open era than any man or woman with 23
00:47:48
she leads the pack overall and of course
the hope is that she is going to be
00:47:54
returning in January to tennis after having
her 1st child this past year so she can
00:47:58
try for number 24 at the Australian Open.
Even the tournaments director as we
00:48:04
talked about last week said that he
expects her to play but we haven't heard
00:48:08
anything from Serena or her team on whether
or not she'll be there but we might
00:48:13
have Sunny as of yesterday gotten
00:48:16
a little bit of confirmation that she
will be there from none other than Serena
00:48:21
herself because on Monday she posted
a closeup photo on Instagram it's
00:48:26
a pair of legs which I presume are hers
taken from the knees down at the end of
00:48:32
those legs are a pair of
white Nike tennis shoes with
00:48:35
a big swatch of sparkly gold running from
about the middle of the shoe up the back
00:48:41
through the heel and the caption that goes
with that photo Sunny says Be excited be
00:48:46
very excited dot dot dot so I decided
I'm excited I mean you know even though
00:48:53
it's
00:48:53
a cryptic message Jeff fans are saying this
is the clearest indication yet that Serena
00:48:57
will indeed be back for the Australian
Open and sporting some pretty cool kicks
00:49:02
while she's there Down Under in Melbourne
of course she could be just you know
00:49:06
selling these new Serena shoes or something
another Nike maybe another Nike ad if
00:49:10
they do end up building after her maybe
she's done some advertising for Nike but no
00:49:14
I think fans are taking this is as clear
an indication as we've had so far that she
00:49:19
will be returning to tennis come January
in Melbourne for the Australian Open and
00:49:23
sunny they are pumped in less than
00:49:27
a day that photos already got nearly
$300000.00 likes on Instagram and hundreds of
00:49:32
comments and many of them have one common
theme that fans cannot wait to see her
00:49:37
back on the court as one person noted and
I think this is kind of encapsulates all
00:49:42
the comments that we're seeing there right
the boss is back and she has been the
00:49:46
boss in tennis and they're hoping that
she'll be back well it's good to keep in
00:49:50
mind she practiced during much of her
pregnancy according to media reports and I
00:49:56
would guess her daughter maybe shortly after
she was born Andrew maybe Serino maybe
00:50:01
put
00:50:01
a little toy. Yes racket in the crib Yeah you
know keep in mind the story I was pregnant
00:50:06
when she won the Australian Open last year
I think she was about you know 8 or 10
00:50:10
weeks pregnant so a lot of jokes
that her daughter has already won
00:50:14
a Grand Slam even though she wasn't born
yet so let's see if the new mom Serena can
00:50:19
maintain and defend her title down under
what else is trending on this Tuesday
00:50:24
Andrew well Sunday the saga of the ball
family continues of course when we last
00:50:30
left them Leigh Angelo Ball who was playing
for the University of California at Los
00:50:34
Angeles was reportedly pulled out of the
school by his some would say overbearing
00:50:39
and attention seeking father Lavar ball
This came after Leanne Jolo was suspended
00:50:44
from the team for shoplifting during
00:50:46
a team trip to China this feels almost
like more like a soap opera recap than
00:50:51
a sports story because there's so many
twists and turns and so much that goes on
00:50:54
the story but anyway after Lee
Angelo ball left u.c.l.a.
00:50:58
Which is one of the best college programs
in the country fans were perplexed why
00:51:02
would he leave where is he going to go
what school is going to take him what we
00:51:07
know now where Lee Angelo will be going
he is going pro because we Angelo has
00:51:12
signed to play professional basketball in
none other than very bizarre Lithuania
00:51:17
Lithuania and his 16 year old younger brother
love Melo will be joining him they'll
00:51:22
be joining. Us team that's in the
Lithuanian Baltic league hardly
00:51:29
a European power by any
stretch and fact is
00:51:31
a lot of people noted on social media
there are reports that this team is in
00:51:34
serious financial and managerial issues
in the past there are some accounts that
00:51:38
players haven't been paid for playing so
once again fans are perplexed why throw
00:51:43
away the chance to play in the National
Basketball Association to play at
00:51:47
a school like u.c.l.a.
00:51:49
And go overseas
00:51:50
a very bizarre move by Lavar ball to pull
his children over there we'll see if it
00:51:56
pays out but right now
00:51:57
a lot of head scratching going on and
my understanding Andrew Once you sign
00:52:01
a professional contract. You give up your
collegiate eligibility so the younger
00:52:07
ball brothers won't won't be playing us
college basketball that's for sure now and
00:52:13
I've been from what I've read I believe
there's only one us college basketball
00:52:16
player who has gone into this Baltic league
in Lithuania and he only stayed there
00:52:22
and played for about
00:52:23
a month before he left because the league
is in such shambles so you know of all of
00:52:27
the different clubs overseas in Europe and
elsewhere in the world to put his for
00:52:33
all of our balls but his 2 sons
into this club in particular is
00:52:37
a very bizarre move but that has fans talking
what's the hidden angle because he's
00:52:41
a showman of our ball he always is trying
to promote his son's right so why does he
00:52:45
have up his sleeve that might end up being
the ball league instead of the ball to
00:52:50
see if it happened like that the ball
with. Andrew Pell cesky the Vo way social
00:52:56
media reporter thank you Andrew thanks
very much Sunny And that wraps up the
00:53:00
December 12th edition of the sunny side
of sports thanks to Voice of America
00:53:06
producer Bill work injure
Thanks also to v.o.a.
00:53:10
Engineer John Dryden. And thank you for
tuning in m v always sunny Young in
00:53:16
Washington and that's the
sunny side of sport.
00:53:28
I get it.
00:53:41
Next an editorial reflecting the views of
the United States government the recent
00:53:46
legislative and municipal elections in
the Republic of equitorial Guinea where
00:53:50
chance for the government there to live
up to the goal of widening the country's
00:53:54
democratic space
00:53:56
a goal that was the focus of equitorial
Guinea's celebrated National Dialogue of
00:54:01
2014 as longtime President Obiang the
game and the so go said at the time
00:54:07
democracy and national unity must be
priorities and the problems that affect the
00:54:12
nation where there are no public
liberties there cannot be institutional
00:54:16
development unfortunately as u.s.
00:54:19
Ambassador to equitorial Guinea
Julie for Ruta toy wrote in
00:54:23
a recent op ed the opportunity for the
government to expand the country's
00:54:27
democratic space demonstrate that it hears
the voice and the will of the people and
00:54:33
improve its image on the international
stage was missed in November the elections
00:54:39
were
00:54:39
a step back she wrote the balloting of
candidates did not allow the public to vote
00:54:43
freely for candidates to represent them at
any level since the voters only had the
00:54:48
choice to vote for a party the members
of the public were registered to vote in
00:54:52
a process that was not transparent and
was not observed by the international or
00:54:57
domestic observers and the final count of
the votes was not at all transparent or
00:55:02
free Additionally restrictions on Internet
and communications systems were enforced
00:55:08
reportedly the Democratic Party of
equitorial Guinea the party of present. And
00:55:12
ingrain the one the legislative emunah
supposed to lections with 92 percent of the
00:55:17
vote at the Chamber of
Deputies in Malabo only
00:55:21
a single member of the opposition from
the Citizens Party for innovation was
00:55:25
elected leaving 99 seats to the
party in power. Ambassador for
00:55:31
a toy emphasized that
00:55:33
a vibrant and loyal opposition is necessary
to create economic opportunities for
00:55:38
everyone without hearing the voices without
an independent representative democracy
00:55:43
the government limits the ability of its
citizens to make informed choices for the
00:55:47
future of the nation and she wrote earlier
this year the greatest resource of
00:55:53
equitorial Guinea is not its abundant
supply of oil and gas the greatest resource
00:55:59
of equitorial Guinea is actually her people
said Ambassador for the toy it is past
00:56:05
time for the leaders of equitorial Guinea
to ensure that equitorial good nations
00:56:10
are allowed the democratic space required
for their country to flourish. But it was
00:56:17
an editorial reflecting the views
of the United States government.
00:56:37
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00:58:51
Southern state of Alabama are heading to
the polls Tuesday to fill the Senate seat
00:58:55
vacated by Jeff Sessions when he became
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00:59:00
could have national implications and
00:59:02
a contest that pitting controversial
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00:59:07
a harassment allegations against Democratic
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00:59:13
supporters on Monday evening ahead of
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Alabama say that it is time that we put
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political far more is denied several
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in his thirty's involving women who were
teenagers at the time supporters of the
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Paris climate agreement criticize u.s.
00:59:37
President Donald Trump's decision to
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00:59:41
a summit outside of the French capital
former United Nations Secretary General Ban
00:59:46
Ki moon reiterated his pronounced
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00:59:50
from the accord this is
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a party that is short sighted and
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sponsible or scientific of you wrong drop
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dollars kill jobs and hinder the oil gas
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he faces multiple charges that include
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News. Zimbabwe's political parties want to
give voters another 2 months to sign up
01:00:42
for next year's election after political
turmoil disrupted the registration process
01:00:47
the us one Zora the secretary general of
the Movement for Democratic Change said
01:00:52
the ruling party and opposition groups will
ask electorial authorities on Wednesday
01:00:56
to extend next week's voter registration
deadline into February and explains
01:01:02
Zimbabwe started registering voters in
September but its electoral commission said
01:01:07
on Tuesday just over 4000000 voters out of
01:01:09
a target of 7000000 had signed up 8 days
before the deadline to end the process
01:01:15
part of the problem was that thousands of
potential voters who are classified as
01:01:19
aliens because their parents are from other
countries in southern Africa have only
01:01:22
been able to register
since last week following
01:01:25
a court ruling members and men of God who
took over from Robert Mugabe will be
01:01:30
running to keep the job in the presidential
and parliamentary elections due to take
01:01:35
place by July. These are reports the
International Organization for Migration sees
01:01:41
an alarming deterioration of the humanitarian
situation in Democratic Republic of
01:01:46
Congo as fighting continues to spread
throughout the country forcing thousands to
01:01:50
flee the International
Organization for Migration reports
01:01:54
a humanitarian catastrophe is looming
in Democratic Republic of Congo it note
01:02:00
spreading violence in parts of the country
has forced more than 4000000 people to
01:02:05
flee their homes making d.r.
01:02:07
See the African country with the highest
displacement population the most
01:02:12
combustible regions include the eastern
and south central provinces of North and
01:02:18
South Kivu Tanka Nneka
and cause side i.o.m.
01:02:21
Is appealing for $75000000.00 to urgently
need the growing needs of displaced
01:02:27
Congolese and the communities in the violent
Eastern and Central Provinces hosting
01:02:32
them more than 13000000 people will be in
desperate need of humanitarian assistance
01:02:38
and protection throughout the
next year they said for v.o.a.
01:02:42
News Geneva this by Russia's ban from
the upcoming Olympics official said the
01:02:47
country still expects more than 200 of their
athletes to compete in the games under
01:02:53
International Olympic Committee sanctions
announced last week all Russians must
01:02:57
compete under the Olympic flag as Olympic
athletes from Russia the decision to ban
01:03:02
Russia came after the country
was founded have run
01:03:05
a sophisticated doping program at the
2014 Sochi Games Yemeni security forces
01:03:10
killed at least 3 suspected militants
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